NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 8

March 17, 2009 | PDF Release | Championship Results

Houston, Texas - The NSIC crowned one National Champion, had 18 individual and two relay teams named All-Americans at the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championship held at the University of Houston on March 13-14, 2009. Minnesota State’s Katelin Rains made it three years straight, as she took home the National Championship in the women’s pole vault. Northern State’s Amanda Madden finished in second place in the women’s 20-pound weight throw, while Minnesota State’s Dan Novak took home second in the men’s pole vault.

NSIC All-Americans
Women
Katelin Rains (MSU) Pole Vault 1st Place
Amanda Madden (NSU) Weight Throw 2nd Place
Jennifer Hensel (MSUM) Pole Vault 3rd Place
Liz Palkie (UMD) 800M 4th Place
Morgan Place (UMD) 5000M 4th Place
Rebecca Stier (WSU) Weight Throw 4th Place
Brittany Henderon (MSU) 60M 5th Place
Heather Miller (SCSU) Triple Jump 5th Place
Lauren Stelten (MSU) Pole Valut 6th Place
Kristi Buerkle (BSU) 400M 7th Place
Ashley Roemer (MSUM) High Jump 7th Place
Brittany Henderon (MSU) 200M 8th Place
Heather Miller (SCSU) Long Jump 8th Place
Colleen Meas (U-Mary) Pole Vault 8th Place

Men
Dan Novak (MSU) Pole Vault 2nd Place
Kelvin Rodgers (MSU) Long Jump 4th Place
Derik Brugger (MSUM) Pole Vault 5th Place
Cody Hunt (NSU) Shot Put 8th Place

Relay Teams
Minnesota Duluth Distance Medley 3rd Place
Liz Palkie, Kristen Haak, Alyssa Wendt, Morgan Place

Minnesota State 4X400M Relay 8th Place
Kelsey Leonard, Katelin Rains, Andrea Sellers, Brittany Henderson

Katelin Rains as Pole Vault Champion

March 13, 2009 | Final Results

Houston, Texas.   –   Minnesota State senior Katelin Rains successfully defended her national championship in the pole vault event as she won her third pole vault title with a mark of 13’-9 1/4”.

“I’m thankful for my third title and it being my senior year,” Rains said. “It feels good to be a senior and go out on top.”

Rains was joined by fellow Maverick Lauren Stelten as she finished sixth in the pole vault event with a vault of 12’-1 1/2”.

Rains also finished ninth in the long jump event with a jump of 18’-5”. Senior Kaycie Merrihew finished 12th in the long jump with a mark of 17’-8 3/4”.

Junior Brittany Henderson qualified for the 60-meter and 200-meter dash events with times of 7.46 and 24.70, respectively. The final wills run on Saturday.

Rains will also take part in the triple jump and will join Henderson, junior Kelsey Leonard, and junior Andrea Sellars in the 4x400 relay event Saturday, while Merrihew will take part in the pentathlon event.

What was going through your head on that third attempt at four meters?
“After the first two attempts I was getting nervous. I’m a little bit tired, I need to make this, so I got real pissed and got really angry and I tried to just put everything I had on the runway and finally my take-off just came together and I made it on my third.”

In the women's weight throw Amanda Madden finished second with a toss of 59-04.75 while Rebecca Stier was fourth with 58-03.75 throw.

MSU's Rains Earns USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Year Award

March 12, 2009 | Full USTFCCCA Release

NEW ORLEANS –    The office of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has announced that Minnesota State senior Katelin Rains (Spring Lake Park, Minn.) has been named the Division II National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. This is Rains’ second Field Athlete of the Year, with the first coming in the 2007-08 season. Rains is the only Division II athlete to win two indoor Field Athlete of the Year awards.
 
Rains earned the award while helping her team to its first indoor conference title in the program’s history this season as she won the pole vault and long jump events at the NSIC Championships. Rains will compete in the pole vault, long jump, triple jump and 4x400 relay events at the NCAA Championships. Rains is the two-time defending champion in the pole vault event and set an NCAA record last season with a vault of 14’-1 3/4”. Rains’ season-high vault came at the NSIC Championships when she won the event with a vault of 14’-1 1/4”.

The Track & Field season wraps up at the NCAA Championships in Houston, Tex., beginning Friday.

MSU's Rains, Blue & Schuck Honored by USTFCCCA

March 9, 2009 | Full USTFCCCA Release

NEW ORLEANS – Minnesota State’s Katelin Rains and head coaches Jen Blue and Mark Schuck were among the 48 recipients of the NCAA Division II Regional Athlete and Coach of the Year honors for the 2009 indoor track and field season, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Monday.

WOMEN’S FIELD ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
CENTRAL REGION – Katelin Rains – Minnesota State
Rains, a senior from Spring Lake Park, Minn., will look to continue her impressive run at the NCAA Championships as she goes for her third straight NCAA Division II title in the women’s pole vault. Rains is also the current NCAA Division II Indoor meet record holder clearing 4.31m (14’1.25”) at last year’s championships and has already bettered that mark this season with a clearance of 4.40m (14’5.25”). Rains qualified in three events for the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships. She was also named the NSIC Field Athlete of the Year after winning both the pole vault and long jump with new conference records, and finished second in the triple jump at the conference meet. Rains holds the nation’s best pole vault (14'5.25") and is ranked fifth nationally in both the long (19'4.75") and triple jumps (39'0.25").

WOMEN’S HEAD COACHES OF THE YEAR
CENTRAL REGION – Jennifer Blue – Minnesota State
MSU’s head coach Jen Blue was named the NSIC Coach of the Year. Blue led the Mavericks to their first indoor conference title in the programs history. Blue is in her ninth season as head coach of the Minnesota State women's cross country/track and field program.

MEN’S HEAD COACHES OF THE YEAR
CENTRAL REGION – Mark Schuck – Minnesota State
Schuck's Mavericks qualified four individuals for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships. Earlier this year he was named the NSIC Coach of the Year after he led his team to its 12th indoor title, and third in the last four years. This is Schuck's 11th year as the head track and field coach at Minnesota State.

 

NCAA Indoor Track and Field Accepted Competition List

March 3, 2009 | PDF Release | All Competitors List

The NCAA released the national qualifiers for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships held March 13-14 in Houston, Texas. The NSIC had 30 women, 10 men and three relay teams qualify for the championships. Click here for list of NSIC athletes.

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 7

March 3, 2009 | PDF Release | Championship Results

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year:
Minnesota State’s senior Katelin Rains was named the NSIC Field Athlete of the Year. Rains won both the pole vault and long jump events at the NSIC Championships with marks of 14’-1 ¼ and 19’-4 ¾, respectively. Both marks set NSIC records. Rains also finished second in the triple jump at the NSIC Championships with a jump of 39’-0 ¼. She also received the NSIC Field Athlete of the Week award Feb. 27.

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Year:
Minnesota State’s junior Brittany Henderson was named the NSIC Track Athlete of the Year. Henderson won both the 55-meter and 200-meter dashes at the NSIC Championships with times of 6.99 and 24.70, respectively. Both of these times set new NSIC records.

NSIC Women’s Newcomer of the Year:
Minnesota Duluth’s freshman Morgan Place outdistanced the field in the 3,000-meter run with a 9:55.28 clocking creating a new conference record; en route to being named the NSIC Newcomber of the Year. Place was a two-time NSIC Track Athlete of the Week.

NSIC Women’s High Points Performer:
St. Cloud State’s junior Heather Miller (Sun Prairie, Wis.) won her second individual title with a first place finish in the 55 meter hurdles in a time of 8.25. Last week Miller won the women’s pentathlon. Miller also placed third in the 400 meter dash in 58.12. Miller tallied 44 points for the Huskies and was named the High Point Performer of the the Championships.

NSIC Women’s Coach of the Year:
MSU’s head coach Jen Blue was named the NSIC Coach of the Year. Blue led the Mavericks to their first indoor conference title in the programs history. This is Blue’s second coach of the year award with the first coming in 2003 when MSU was a member of the North Central Conference.

MSU Wins NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championship

February 27-28, 2009 | Full Results

Bemidji, Minn. –  The Minnesota State women’s indoor track and field team won its first indoor conference championship at the NSIC Championships in Bemidji, Minn. This is the Mavericks first conference championship since 1987 when they won the outdoor conference championship.

MSU finished first with 150 points followed by Minnesota Duluth with 127 points.

MSU claimed three first-place finishes in day two of the NSIC Championships, including two from junior Brittany Henderson. Henderson set new conference records in the 55-meter dash and the 200-meter dash with times of 6.99 and 24.70, respectively. Henderson earned NCAA automatic qualifying marks in both events.

Junior Kelsey Leonard took home MSU’s other first-place finish as she won the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.95, for a NCAA provisional qualifying mark.

Junior Linnelle Clark finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 7.13, where she earned an NCAA automatic qualifying mark, while senior Katelin Rains took third in the triple jump event with a jump of 39’-0 ¼ for an NCAA provisional qualifying mark.

The 4x400 relay team finished second with a time of 3:56.26 for MSU’s final NCAA provisional mark of the day.

Minnesota State wraps ups its indoor schedule at the NCAA Championships beginning March 13, in Houston, Tex

NSIC Coach of the Year:
Female – Jen Blue, Minnesota State
Male – Mark Schuck, Minnesota State

Track Athlete of the Year:
Female – Brittany Henderson, Minnesota State
Male – Kawaskii Bacon,  Concordia-St. Paul

Field Athlete of the Year:
Female - Katelin Rains, Minnesota State
Male – Derik Brugger, MSU Moorhead

Newcomer of the Year:
Female – Morgan Place, Minnesota Duluth
Male – Cody Hunt, Northern State

High Point Performers
Female – Heather Miller (44) St. Cloud State
Male – Kelvin Rodgers, Minnesota State/Tre Sayles, Concordia-St. Paul (20)

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 6

February 24, 2009 | PDF Release

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Minnesota State’s Katelin Rains (Sr., Spring Lake Park, Minn.) took first in the pole vault at the Parents Day Open with a vault of 14’ 5-1/4”. This vault gave her an automatic qualifying mark.

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Bemidji State’s Kristi Buerkle (So., Stacy, Minn.) set two school records at the Beaver Twilight Thursday. She took first place in the 400-meter dash in a time of 57:26 smashing her own school record (57:69) provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and field meet as one of the top 10 individuals in the event this indoor season. In the meet she also broke a 10-year-old mark in the 200-meter dash crossing the finish line in a time of 25:71, to finish second in the race and post the second-fastest time in the conference.

NSIC Women's Indoor Track and Field Top Ten

February 23, 2009 | NSIC Top Ten Release

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 5

February 17, 2009 | PDF Release

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
St. Cloud State Heather Miller (Jr., Sun Prairie, Wis.) bested the field of 18 competing for the 2009 NSIC Pentathlon title Sunday on the campus of Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD. Miller won the pentathlon, the first NSIC individual title for the Huskies, with a school record score of 3686, beating her previous record of 3553 points set on Jan. 17 in Bemidji. In addition to setting the school record, Miller bettered her NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks in the pentathlon, the 55 meter hurdles (8.31) and the long jump (5.76 meters). For the record, Miller’s marks in the five events were: 55 meter hurdles (8.31), high jump (5’1 1/4”), shot put (32’ 4 3/4”), long jump (18’ 10 3/4”) and 800 meter run (2:23.49). Miller was the best in a very competitive field of 18 athletes winning the pentathlon by one point as Kaycie Merrihew of Minnesota State University, Mankato placed second with 3685 points. Of the 18 competitors, the top four place winners scored 3600 or more points and 11 athletes met provisional qualifying marks. “It was a battle royale,” said SCSU head coach Seth Mischke.

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Minnesota Duluth’s Morgan Place won the 5000M on Saturday at the Lake Superior Challenge in an automatic National qualifying mark of 16:51.41, breaking her person best by 29 seconds and the UMD school record by 28 seconds. Her time would have been second in the U.S in DII based on last weeks National list. This came less than 24 hours from when on Friday afternoon in Ames, Iowa at the Iowa State classic she anchored the Bulldogs distance medlay to an automatic National qualifying mark of 11:48.06 a time that also would be second on last weeks National list.

NSIC Women's Indoor Track and Field Top Ten

February 16, 2009 | NSIC Top Ten Release

SCSU's Miller Wins IDTF Pentathlon

February 15, 2009 | Multi Results

Aberdeen, S.D. – St. Cloud State junior Heather Miller (Sun Prairie, WI) bested the field of 18 competing for the 2009 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) pentathlon title Sunday on the campus of Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD.

Miller won the pentathlon, the first NSIC individual title for the Huskies, with a school record score of 3686, beating her previous record of 3553 points set on Jan. 17 in Bemidji. In addition to setting  the school record, Miller bettered her NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks in the pentathlon, the 55 meter hurdles (8.31) and the long jump (5.76 meters).  For the record, Miller's marks in the five events were: 55 meter hurdles (8.31), high jump (5'1 1/4"), shot put (32' 4 3/4"), long jump (18' 10 3/4") and 800 meter run (2:23.49).

Miller was the best in a very competitive field of 18 athletes winning the pentathlon by one point as Kaycie Merrihew of Minnesota State University, Mankato placed second with 3685 points. Of the 18 competitors, the top four place winners scored 3600 or more points and 11 athletes met provisional qualifying marks.  "It was a battle royale," said head coach Seth Mischke.

Sophomore Angela Walhovd (Mauston, WI) placed eighth in the pentathlon with a score of 3271 points. She set a personal record in the event and improved her provisional mark.

Sophomore Kelsey King (Lakeville) placed 14 in the event with a total of 3038 points and gained a provisional qualifying mark in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.43.

The first day of the NSIC men’s heptathlon was also held on Sunday and two Huskies are in the top four. First year Dusty McColley (Franklin) is in second place with 2547 points. Junior Andrew Stueck (Madison) is in fourth with 2514 points and junior Cris Jirele (Medford) is 13th with 2243 points.

MSU Women Ranked #1 in USTFCCCA Dual Meet Rankings

February 12, 2009 | MSU Release

New Orleans, La. – The Minnesota State women’s indoor track and field team was ranked first in the recent poll conducted by the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association.

MSU jumped to the top-spot in the poll, while not appearing in the poll the previous week.

The Mavericks are one of four teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in the poll. Northern State is ranked #17, Minnesota State-Moorhead came in at #22, while the University of Mary was ranked #25.

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 4

February 10, 2009 | PDF Release

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Augustana’s Noel Bentele (So., Brandon, S.D.) set a school record in the weight throw with a mark of 52-04.75 to win the event at the Ted Nelson Classic Saturday in Mankato, Minn. She broke the record previously held by Lindsey Schultz, which was 51-02.75 set last season. Bentele added a second-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 39-05.75. She was the top Division II finisher in the field.

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Wayne State’s Christina King (Jr., Omaha, Neb.) set a new Wayne State College record in the 400 meter dash at the Frank Sevigne Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska on Friday night in a time of 58.14. Her time is currently second in the NSIC. On Saturday, she placed second in the 600 meter run at the Bill Hillenbrand Invitational in Vermillion, SD in a time of 1:40.77. She is currently ranked third in that event in the NSIC.

NSIC Women's Indoor Track and Field Top Ten

February 9, 2009 | NSIC Top Ten Release

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 3

February 3, 2009 | PDF Release

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Northern State’s Amanda Madden (Jr., Harried, S.D.) claimed two event wins and a facility record at the Concordia College Cobber Open. The junior All-American won both the shot put and the weight throw – her third weight throw win of the young season – setting an Olson Forum record in both the preliminaries and the finals of the weight throw. Her winning toss of 56-05.75 (17.25 meters) was just off her season best mark of 17.56 meters, which puts her fifth on the NCAA Division II national performance list and leads the NSIC by more than four feet.

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Minnesota Duluth’s Morgan Place (Fr., Ellsworth, Wis.) won the 5000 at UW-Stout Warren Bowlus Open by over 2 minutes in a National Provisional Qualifying fime of 17:20.98- a time that would rank 7th Nationally on last week’s list and the second fastest indoor 5000 in UMD school history.

NSIC Women's Indoor Track and Field Top Ten

February 2, 2009 | NSIC Top Ten Release

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 2

January 27, 2009 | PDF Release

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
Winona State’s Rebecca Stier (So., Grand Meadow, Minn.) hit NCAA provisional qualifying marks in both the Shot Put and the Weight Throw at the UW-Stout Open. Rebecca’s throw of 53’ 5” (16.28m) was enough to win the Weight Throw while her 44’ 5 ¼” (13.43m) effort in the shot placed her second in the meet.

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
Minnesota Duluth’s Liz Palkie (Sr., Carlton, Minn. / Carlton HS) won the mile in 5:07.74, and won the 1000M in 3:04.2 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Blizzard Open. She also ran a leg on the winning 4 X 400 relay team.

NSIC Women's Indoor Track and Field Top Ten

January 27, 2009 | NSIC Top Ten Release

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release No. 1

January 20, 2009 | PDF Release

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week:
St. Cloud State's Heather Miller (Jr., Sun Prairie, Wis. / Columbus HS) ) was a triple winner at the Super 8 Meet hosted by Bemidji State University. Miller won the women’s pentathlon and in the process set a school record and met the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark. Miller tallied 3,553 points in the event and broke the record previously held by Lindsey Krueger with a mark of 3,321 points. Miller ran 8.44 in the 55 meter hurdles, jumped 4’11 ¾” in the high jump, threw the shot put 33’1 ¾”, went 18’ ¼” in the long jump, and ran the 800 meter dash in 2:25.41. Later she won the long jump with a mark of 17’11 ½” and the triple jump with a jump of 36’11”.

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week:
MSU Moorhead's Ashley Roemer (Sr., Maple Lake, Minn.) reached the national qualifying standard with a winning time of 2:15.21 in the women’s 800 meters at last week’s Bison Classic at Fargo, ND. Roemer is ranked third nationally.

NSIC Women's Indoor Track and Field Top Ten

January 20, 2009 | NSIC Top Ten Release

 

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